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LONDON (Reuters) - Newcastle United striker Papiss Cisse will be out for "a number of months" after having surgery on a fractured patella, the Premier League club said on Friday. The Senegal international, 28, suffered the injury in their home defeat to Swansea City last month and travelled to Paris to have the knee operation earlier this week. "Cisse will spend his rehabilitation period at the Clairefontaine Medical Centre before returning to Tyneside to be further assessed by the club's medical staff," Newcastle said in a statement on their website (www.nufc.co.uk)

Just days after the season ended for the Chicago Bulls , center Joakim Noah underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Friday in Chicago . The cleanout procedure at Rush Oak Park Hospital was performed by team physician Dr. Brian Cole . Rehab is expected to last eight to 12 weeks. The NBA's Defensive Player of the Year averaged 12.6 points, 11.3 rebounds and 5.4 assists this season -- all career highs. He is just the 14th player in NBA history to average at least 12 points, 11 rebounds and five assists in a season.

As Joakim Noah left his exit interview at the Berto Center on Wednesday, he said his left knee was "good. Here's why: The MRI that coach Tom Thibodeau said the Chicago Bulls center would undergo revealed no major issues. Although Noah could face a minor procedure to stabilize the knee, the injury is considered minor. There is no concern that the injury, which Noah quietly battled for several weeks down the regular-season stretch, will linger into next season. Thibodeau confirmed Wednesday that Noah needed fluid drained from the knee, which visibly affected him during the season-ending Game 5 loss to the Washington Wizards on Tuesday.

(Reuters) - Minnesota Wild forward Matt Cooke has been slapped with a seven-game suspension for using his knee to injure Colorado's Tyson Barrie, the NHL announced on Wednesday. The incident occurred during Game Three of the playoff series between the teams on Monday when Cooke stuck out his knee and clipped Barrie, knocking him out of the contest. Barrie suffered a left knee injury and is expected to be out of action for 4-6 weeks. Minnesota went on to win the contest and holds a 2-1 advantage in the best-of-seven series with Game Four set for Thursday.

A split-second decision by Brent Seabrook has altered the course of the Blackhawks' first-round playoff series against the Blues. Seabrook was suspended three games by the NHL for his hit on the Blues' David Backes in Game 2 on Saturday. The hit injured the St. Louis captain and has left a major hole in the Hawks' lineup. It also ratcheted up the intensity in the series between Central Division rivals that was already a pot set to boil. In the hours before the NHL announced the suspension Sunday, a video circulated on the Internet that allegedly shows a Hawks player taunting a dazed Backes by saying "wakey, wakey, Backes.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors says that cars being recalled because of faulty ignition switches can be driven safely before repairs, based on more than 80 tests, but the automaker has not addressed a problem long known to potentially shut off the engine: a simple bump from a driver's knee. Safety advocates and engineers say the lack of testing for this factor undermines GM's claims that the cars are safe. As early as 2004, GM engineers complained that the ignition switch could be turned off if the key was bumped by a knee.

ST. LOUIS -- Patrick Kane never has played with a brace on his knee, but he has several teammates that have. So over the past few weeks, Kane has consulted with them on how to handle the brace he is wearing to help protect his left knee. And after skating eight or nine times with it, Kane said he won't be limited by the cumbersome brace in Game 1 against the Blues on Thursday night. "Once you get used to it you're fine," Kane said. "There's guys that have probably played with this type of thing their whole career and even guys on our team that have played with it. I think you kind of get used to it as you start playing and skating with it. " Kane said he has full range of motion and can do everything he could do without wearing the brace. "I feel like the same player," Kane said.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina midfielder Fernando Gago could miss the World Cup due to a knee injury after his club Boca Juniors said on Monday he would need up to 60 days to recover. A scan revealed ligament damage after Gago suffered a hard knock during Boca's 0-0 draw at Colon in Santa Fe in the Argentine first division on Sunday. "The midfielder suffered a grade two sprain in his left knee, with partial lesion of the collateral medial ligament," Boca said on their official website (www.bocajuniors.com.ar)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The more milk women drank in a new U.S. study, the less deterioration they experienced in their arthritic knees. It's not certain that milk was the reason for the slower arthritis progression, researchers said, and the effect was not seen in men. But the results add to evidence that nutrition may help to stave off arthritis. "Milk is an excellent source of vitamins and minerals, dairy calcium and protein and has long been recognized for its important role in bone health," Dr. Bing Lu told Reuters Health in an email.

(Reuters) - Southampton forward Jay Rodriguez's hopes of making Roy Hodgson's England squad for the World Cup are under threat after he badly injured his knee in Saturday's 4-1 Premier League loss to Manchester City. The 24-year-old, Southampton's top scorer with 15 league goals this term, fell awkwardly midway through the first half at the Etihad Stadium as he was attempting to control a high ball. In obvious distress, he was taken away by stretcher and was replaced by James Ward-Prowse.